Medicine: Animal Experiments

Mike Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps were taken to ensure that the leaflets produced by his Department and the then Department for Trade and Industry, Where do medicines come from? contained a balanced assessment of the issues concerning the use of animals; and if he will make a statement.

Dawn Primarolo: The leaflet "Where do medicines come from?" was produced by the independent Coalition for Medical Progress (CMP). The CMP is an alliance of organisations from across the biomedical research community whose task is to address public reservations that arise over the use of animals in achieving advances in medicine. CMP aims to establish better communication between the biomedical research community and the general public in the United Kingdom. The Government fully support the aims of the CMP.

Skin Cancer

Andrew Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many cases of melanoma have been reported in each primary care trust area in each year since 1997.

Angela Eagle: I have been asked to reply.
	The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
	 Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 7 January 2008:
	As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking how many cases of melanoma have been reported in each year since 1997, broken down by primary care trust area. (174681)
	The latest available figures for newly diagnosed cases of cancer (incidence) for England are for the year 2004. Numbers of cases of melanoma in England by primary care trust in each year since 1997 are given in Table 1 below.
	
		
			  Table  1 : Registrations of newly diagnosed cases of malignant melanoma of skin( 1) , persons, England and primary care organisations( 2,3)  within strategic health authority, 1997-2004 
			  Area  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004 
			 England 5,025 5,134 5,315 5,963 6,365 6,615 6,874 7,363 
			  
			  North East 
			 County Durham 48 41 47 60 76 82 72 71 
			 Darlington 11 8 29 19 14 22 27 14 
			 Gateshead 21 15 12 22 26 30 23 17 
			 Hartlepool 5 5 7 12 5 9 8 10 
			 Middlesbrough 13 13 11 12 8 16 22 17 
			 Newcastle 22 19 27 23 35 17 24 24 
			 North Tees 12 10 13 9 18 25 14 22 
			 North Tyneside 12 23 23 23 24 23 26 26 
			 Northumberland 26 29 46 23 34 44 41 50 
			 Redcar and Cleveland 14 9 12 14 15 22 17 20 
			 South Tyneside 12 10 10 9 17 16 14 19 
			 Sunderland Teaching 25 26 46 23 36 41 30 37 
			  
			  North West 
			 Ashton, Leigh and Wigan 21 22 18 35 27 34 33 48 
			 Blackburn with Darwen 15 5 12 15 7 17 11 15 
			 Blackpool 14 15 23 14 21 15 23 17 
			 Bolton 23 21 22 32 34 24 23 33 
			 Bury 19 12 19 18 12 32 19 25 
			 Central and Eastern Cheshire 43 59 50 67 73 69 62 85 
			 Central Lancashire 51 41 50 57 47 77 78 73 
			 Cumbria 68 61 72 68 57 74 75 79 
			 East Lancashire 33 37 43 36 42 55 59 61 
			 Halton and St. Helens 27 22 31 25 42 46 32 31 
			 Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale 17 15 20 22 22 15 13 20 
			 Knowsley 12 10 15 18 17 16 22 23 
			 Liverpool 36 40 32 45 45 42 55 70 
			 Manchester 27 25 28 30 36 44 21 26 
			 North Lancashire 41 34 45 60 54 60 52 48 
			 Oldham 14 22 18 14 16 26 22 25 
			 Salford 17 15 29 16 16 11 15 26 
			 Sefton 42 21 39 36 51 43 56 41 
			 Stockport 32 46 37 50 40 44 49 47 
			 Tameside and Glossop 15 27 18 26 25 29 34 42 
			 Trafford 28 25 29 41 38 37 33 41 
			 Warrington 12 25 18 15 16 24 21 20 
			 Western Cheshire 11 11 27 41 39 30 32 42 
			 Wirral 31 29 29 38 39 43 38 34 
			  
			  Yorkshire and the Humber 
			 Barnsley 15 14 20 7 10 21 8 13 
			 Bradford and Airedale 42 39 44 44 47 44 48 53 
			 Calderdale 21 18 24 17 22 24 26 30 
			 Doncaster 17 20 14 36 24 41 25 42 
			 East Riding of Yorkshire 26 45 22 36 51 51 56 50 
			 Hull 15 15 13 15 15 16 17 15 
			 Leeds 79 76 84 72 109 105 126 122 
			 North East Lincolnshire Care Trust Plus 16 12 12 18 16 16 13 23 
			 North Lincolnshire 3 10 14 18 15 21 13 14 
			 North Yorkshire and York 82 109 97 90 126 132 135 134 
			 Rotherham 14 24 21 16 26 19 30 65 
			 Sheffield 51 34 37 52 66 48 82 124 
			 Wakefield District 22 28 28 34 46 42 54 39 
			  
			  East Midlands 
			 Bassetlaw 9 19 13 12 14 11 12 10 
			 Derby City 26 23 20 29 28 22 29 39 
			 Derbyshire County 57 57 68 74 84 96 91 113 
			 Leicester City 23 16 16 17 35 19 20 15 
			 Leicestershire County and Rutland 59 39 58 91 88 76 92 96 
			 Lincolnshire 43 63 56 74 78 79 68 114 
			 Northamptonshire 75 86 84 98 92 100 98 94 
			 Nottingham City 22 21 18 15 18 24 17 27 
			 Nottinghamshire County 66 72 44 82 59 86 97 123 
			  
			  West Midlands 
			 Birmingham East and North 28 23 21 31 39 46 35 40 
			 Coventry Teaching 26 28 24 30 32 27 39 48 
			 Dudley 16 27 38 43 34 30 38 52 
			 Heart of Birmingham Teaching 10 10 8 7 8 7 9 14 
			 Herefordshire 19 24 31 26 23 30 31 30 
			 North Staffordshire 18 22 24 29 30 31 19 28 
			 Sandwell 21 20 17 22 22 19 26 24 
			 Shropshire County 38 32 34 22 37 26 41 60 
			 Solihull 26 24 28 34 36 26 38 49 
			 South Birmingham 24 33 21 27 25 43 40 46 
			 South Staffordshire 59 84 71 56 74 102 81 68 
			 Stoke on Trent 18 15 29 19 41 22 13 24 
			 Telford and Wrekin 10 18 16 13 13 16 17 18 
			 Walsall Teaching 17 21 20 19 19 30 25 23 
			 Warwickshire 54 67 59 64 87 86 91 99 
			 Wolverhampton City 20 15 20 20 17 24 17 23 
			 Worcestershire 66 69 66 69 92 93 101 112 
			  
			  East of England 
			 Bedfordshire 38 54 52 50 57 47 36 54 
			 Cambridgeshire 48 68 80 85 86 84 100 71 
			 East and North Hertfordshire 36 47 49 51 50 48 75 73 
			 Great Yarmouth and Waveney 29 32 33 27 27 31 43 39 
			 Luton 16 12 18 18 24 21 14 15 
			 Mid Essex 50 32 33 49 26 27 37 35 
			 Norfolk 87 87 92 99 110 105 126 137 
			 North East Essex 20 47 47 64 50 50 50 46 
			 Peterborough 9 22 14 16 19 22 20 19 
			 South East Essex 34 42 53 45 29 28 57 50 
			 South West Essex 39 31 27 32 31 39 33 40 
			 Suffolk 58 75 71 66 82 89 105 93 
			 West Essex 22 37 33 29 28 35 34 16 
			 West Hertfordshire 55 37 56 57 57 54 55 39 
			  
			  London 
			 Barking and Dagenham 10 14 10 16 17 10 11 13 
			 Barnet 27 24 21 23 20 23 24 31 
			 Bexley 23 33 27 33 20 23 24 22 
			 Brent Teaching 8 13 9 18 14 15 18 10 
			 Bromley 49 42 51 31 22 24 11 8 
			 Camden 19 30 15 17 13 22 13 18 
			 City and Hackney Teaching 8 7 12 11 11 11 15 10 
			 Croydon 29 27 43 36 37 26 48 37 
			 Ealing 12 19 19 14 21 12 18 13 
			 Enfield 11 17 15 21 19 11 22 14 
			 Greenwich Teaching 11 14 17 19 21 13 14 13 
			 Hammersmith and Fulham 6 21 9 9 11 6 6 15 
			 Haringey Teaching 12 21 9 12 11 11 16 13 
			 Harrow 18 10 14 14 5 8 14 16 
			 Havering 19 24 28 32 34 30 32 19 
			 Hillingdon 11 12 9 14 10 12 5 14 
			 Hounslow 10 6 13 7 8 16 13 12 
			 Islington 20 10 12 14 14 10 13 13 
			 Kensington and Chelsea 14 16 10 14 18 15 20 14 
			 Kingston 15 18 11 19 17 24 13 21 
			 Lambeth 12 15 19 25 15 18 14 20 
			 Lewisham 19 12 26 14 15 13 11 18 
			 Newham 4 8 (4)— 11 5 5 5 5 
			 Redbridge 13 11 10 15 9 7 25 19 
			 Richmond and Twickenham 24 21 16 18 29 17 22 24 
			 Southwark 14 5 19 7 16 4 10 17 
			 Sutton and Merton 40 37 30 55 38 40 46 43 
			 Tower Hamlets 6 4 10 6 5 8 7 7 
			 Waltham Forest 13 14 8 18 6 9 19 9 
			 Wandsworth 22 29 24 29 34 26 29 32 
			 Westminster 7 14 15 14 16 11 29 17 
			  
			  South East Coast 
			 Brighton and Hove City 34 35 38 35 32 44 33 43 
			 East Sussex Downs and Weald 47 52 55 66 56 62 68 41 
			 Eastern and Coastal Kent 66 56 68 59 48 59 96 113 
			 Hastings and Rother 23 31 23 22 14 11 12 8 
			 Medway 35 21 26 26 37 32 43 30 
			 Surrey 141 116 102 158 130 152 133 160 
			 West Kent 72 62 68 71 73 65 74 83 
			 West Sussex 116 87 106 122 128 127 117 127 
			  
			  South Central 
			 Berkshire East 46 41 39 44 43 43 47 54 
			 Berkshire West 47 61 69 71 81 70 57 71 
			 Buckinghamshire 64 73 72 81 82 93 79 95 
			 Hampshire 195 177 136 207 211 278 273 260 
			 Isle of Wight NHS 26 26 12 30 34 31 44 40 
			 Milton Keynes 28 17 27 31 33 30 23 37 
			 Oxfordshire 73 78 108 129 138 152 109 147 
			 Portsmouth City Teaching 30 29 15 25 39 34 31 41 
			 Southampton City 28 13 31 31 37 46 28 41 
			  
			  South West 
			 Bath and North East Somerset 34 25 34 33 44 23 36 36 
			 Bournemouth and Poole 57 43 56 61 66 82 91 84 
			 Bristol 37 36 49 42 56 45 58 74 
			 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 100 119 87 113 129 130 142 119 
			 Devon 137 112 122 152 161 190 186 214 
			 Dorset 75 57 86 92 118 102 104 125 
			 Gloucestershire 44 59 72 84 92 86 81 121 
			 North Somerset 30 16 20 30 42 45 40 47 
			 North Staffordshire 18 22 24 29 30 31 19 28 
			 Plymouth Teaching 46 37 23 38 60 60 66 74 
			 Somerset 74 69 78 100 114 109 149 119 
			 South Gloucestershire 28 30 28 26 36 24 46 48 
			 Swindon 16 24 31 29 28 25 23 26 
			 Torbay 19 43 21 28 39 39 37 36 
			 Wiltshire 62 64 50 74 97 101 103 110 
			 (1) Malignant melanoma of skin is defined as code C43 in the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) (2) Based on NHS boundaries as of 2007. (3) Each primary care organisation (PCO) is listed under the strategic health authority (SHA) to which it reports. The 152 primary care organisations include 148 primary care trusts (PCTs), and four care organisations (COs). (4) Numbers have been suppressed to protect patient confidentiality.  Source: Office for National Statistics